WEATHER SNAP SHOTS: September 2006 Archives

Here are some pictures of Saturday night's beautiful sunset taken by some of our viewers. Thanks to everyone who shared their pictures with us. An explanation of what causes crepuscular rays is on the September 17 portion of the blog.

Photo taken by Alan Dawson Saturday night at the Hickory Hollow Campgrounds in Utica.

Photo taken by Jane Wills of Coal City, Ill.

Photo taken by Ann Wolf of Frankfort, Ill., who took this picture coming home from the Notre Dame vs. Michigan game

Photo in the Mokena area taken by Dawn Holstrom

Pilot Anson Mount snapped this picture of the nearly full moon from Waukegan Airport around 8 p.m. Friday evening. The full moon took place two days ago on Sept. 7. Anson reported lightning associated with strong Wisconsin thunderstorms visible to the north. By the way, the area's next full moon occurs Oct. 6 and is the Harvest Moon.
--Tom Skilling, WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist

Bret of Manteno, Illinois forwarded us this photograph of Tuesday afternoon's (around 2:15 P.M.) cold air funnel just east of I-57 one mile northwest of Peotone. He and is family watched the funnel several minutes before grabbing his camera and snapping these shots.
-Tom Skilling

PHOTO COURTESY: Bret of Manteno

Thanks to Jim Zandonai for this revealing shot of a Rockford golf course under water in the wake of Monday afternoon/evening's cloudburst which submerged southeast sections of that city under flood waters. Some long time area residents are calling the flooding the worst they've seen in recent memory.

PHOTO COURTESY: Jim Zandonai

This cold air funnel was photographed by Bill Schreiber Tuesday afternoon (9/5/2006) north of the Peotone Fire Station on Joliet Road.

PHOTO COURTESY: Bill Schreiber

Our thanks to Dianna Massat for sharing this shot of one of Tuesday's south suburban cold air funnels photographed around 2:30 P.M. just south of Monee.
-Tom Skilling, Chief Meteorologist, WGN-TV

PHOTO COURTESY: Dianna J. Massat